Modern life can get overwhelming with the seemingly unlimited number of options it presents. But how far should you go to escape? This is the question posed by Raft, a new play by The Group Lab currently previewing its upcoming Edinburgh Fringe Festi …Read more
Queenie was a blonde, and oh what a blonde she is as played by the ever sensational Sutton Foster, who from the moment she makes her entrance casts a spell on the audience of The Wild Party. With legs for days and a feline, sensual purr, Queenie lets …Read more
Perhaps the marking of a great stage actor is that when you meet them in real life, it takes you a second or two to realize they’re the same person you saw on stage just a few nights before. Such was the case with Laiona Michelle who as Nanna in Amaz …Read more
You know Kelly AuCoin, you may just not know it yet. A true character actor, he’s been leaving his mark on stage as well as in television and films for over two decades, with appearances in shows like Law & Order and Gossip Girl, movies like Juli …Read more
Experimental theater has a language of its own. If you’re just learning to speak it, it can be jarring or it can be refreshing. But it is no longer a new language, so those accustomed to it by now will recognize all of the same words and phrases they …Read more
The fact that I found myself thinking about Celebrity Rehab after Gary Busey’s One-Man Hamlet as performed by David Carl ended with thunderous applause at 59E59 Theaters, where it is part of the series East to Edinburg featuring previews of shows he …Read more
In SeaWife, audiences are transported to a 19th century tavern where they attend the tale of the brave Percy, who following in the footsteps of his father decides to conquer ocean’s most enigmatic creature: the leviathan. We follow the hero during hi …Read more
You may not know this. In fact, there’s no particular reason for you to know it, but July 24th is “Tell an Old Joke Day.” Yes, a day apparently exists that is devoted to recounting quips that your great-grandpappy made when he was sitting around a ca …Read more
Financial Slavery: The College Debt Sentence, produced by Strength Out of Shadows and directed by Jennifer Little and Michael Pinnix, has developed from the painful, often traumatic and all-too-familiar tales of people who have to cope with the risin …Read more
“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” That voice. Those eyes. The impenetrable stare. Bette Davis was much more than a talented actress with a memorable on-screen presence. During a time when female casting meant measuring little m …Read more